The trunk is cracked / the tree split down the middle

The trunk is cracked / the tree split down the middle — What It Means and What To Do

A vertical opening you can slide a coin or a finger into. Two stems separated at a V-shaped union with a gap that has visibly widened. Bark peeled back along the seam, sap or water weeping from it, and — the decisive one — the two halves of the canopy drifting apart independently when the wind moves them.

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The stem has already partially failed. Whatever wood is still intact is now carrying the entire load the whole trunk used to share. This is different from a wound the tree can seal around: a shear crack propagates, lengthening a little with every wind cycle, so the trend is one-directional.

What it usually costs

Normally a hazardous tree removal job: $800 to $5,000 around Indianapolis, depending on size and access. A range, not a quote.

What it usually costs

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